"My lord, Qi Zhi and Xu Le of the Taiping Army have just left our military camp ......"

Just when Xie An and Qin Ke'er were sitting in the Shuai House waiting to disappear, Cheng Yang, the general of the Great Liang Army, pushed the door and walked in, clasped his fists and told Xie An about Liu Qing's final result of surrendering the remnants of the Taiping Army.

Taking a sip of the ginger tea handed by Qin Ke'er, Xie An thought for a while and asked in a low voice, "Where is Liu Qing's girl?" Why are you the only one coming back? ”

Seeing Xie An ask about this, Cheng Yang hurriedly explained, "That's the case, after meeting with Na Qi Zhi and Xu Le, the acting military master said that he was a little unwell, and went back to his residence to rest, and General Tuo Mo came to report the results to the adults!" -- Your Excellency, rest assured, the 200 soldiers who escorted the acting military division were all carefully selected by the general, and nothing would go wrong. ”

Is it called protection, but is it actually surveillance?

Glancing at Cheng Yang, Qin Ke'er sighed faintly, I have to say that she has some sympathy for Liu Qing, sympathy for her suffering, and sympathy for her situation, but when she thought of the huge impact that Liu Qing was very likely to have on Zhou Jun, she still chose to ignore it. After all, compared to Liu Qing, a former ally, Xie An is the most important person in her heart, so she will never be negligent in major matters related to Xie An's career and safety.

On the contrary, Xie An frowned when he heard this, and said something for Liu Qing.

"Don't limit their freedom! - Chengyang, the government asked you to act as Liu Qing's girl's guard, to ease the contradiction between the two, there is still a place to use that girl in this war, you don't want to spoil the plan of the government! ”

Cheng Yang was stunned, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "My lord misunderstood, the last general has no intention of secretly harboring personal hatred, on the contrary, the acting military division just had a word with the two Taiping troops. It made the last general have a slight change in his opinion of the military division...... If everything the Acting Military Master said was from the bottom of his heart! ”

"Oh?" Xie An's eyes showed a little surprise, and he chuckled and said, "Let's hear it!" ”

"Yes!" Cheng Yang nodded, and Zhengse said, "First of all, it's polite, reminiscing about that battle." The last general didn't go into too much detail, and later, the acting military division once asked Qi Zhi and Xu Le for a while, whether they had voted for Li Shen, the king of Qin......"

"......" Xie An paused slightly as he held the teacup, frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What do the two of you say?" ”

"It's Qi Zhi's mouth...... Qi Zhi said that he did come into contact with Li Shen, the king of Qin, and according to what he said, Li Shen, the king of Qin, seemed to be intent on pulling them into the camp of the rebel army......"

"Our army has more than 100,000 troops. In addition to the 60,000 white water troops of Qin King Li Shen, the rest of the rebel army are the garrison troops of the vassal kings in various places, and the strength is not good, and the Qin King Li Shen intends to gather all the troops that can be won over as much as possible, which is not surprising! Shaking his head disappre一门ly, Xie An took a sip of the hot ginger tea and said in a deep voice, "The problem is. So which side does Qi Sik plan to choose? Is it my Zhou army, or is it the rebel army? ”

Today's adults. Seems to be somewhat ...... Unusual momentum!

Swallowing his saliva, Cheng Yang unconsciously glanced at Xie An a few more times, for some reason, he faintly felt an inexplicable oppressive force from Xie An, the kind of coercion that slowly formed because of being in a high position for a long time.

"The acting military division also recruited Qi Zhi and Xu Le, and Xu Le was still indignant. But that Qi Zhi seemed to be a little moved, well, he said that he wanted to go back and think about it carefully......" Speaking of this, Cheng Yang shrugged his shoulders and continued. "This is the end of the conversation, the acting military division personally sent the two of them out of the camp, and then she went back to her residence to rest, saying that she wanted to sort out her thoughts, and as for the last general, she came here to report the results of this matter to the adults."

"...... like this" Xie An frowned imperceptibly when he heard this, and suddenly said with a smile, "Okay, this mansion understands, Chengyang, you have also worked hard, go down and rest first." ”

"Yes! - Thank you for your kindness, I will retire at the end! Clenched his fists, Cheng Yang retreated respectfully.

Looking at the back of Cheng Yang leaving, the smile on Xie An's face gradually retracted, raised his right hand to support his head, and let out a long breath.

Beside her, Qin Ke'er saw Xie An's sad face, and said suspiciously, "Master doesn't seem to be very ...... Glad? ”

"How so? ――Could it be that my face is full of happiness, sir? Xie An tilted his head and glanced at Qin Ke'er, and said a joke that didn't look like a joke.

Qin Ke'er covered her mouth and chuckled lightly when she heard this, gently hugged Xie An's neck, and said in a coquettish voice, "Master, if you have any worries, just tell the little slave, maybe the little slave can solve the problems for the master!" ”

"Huh!" With a chuckle, Xie An'an stroked Qin Ke'er's hair, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Remember what this government said, if Liu Qing's girl really said that the Taiping army that had been left to 4,000 people would be the worst situation for our army......"

"Yes, my lord said it...... However, the little slave couldn't understand what the old man meant......"

"Ke'er will understand in a moment!"

On October 29, the fourth year of Jingzhi, in the last days of October, the remnants of the 4,000-strong Taiping Army led by Qi Zhi and Xu Le presented their intentions to the Zhou army, and the next day they led the 4,000 people to the Bingcheng base camp 20 miles away from Maicheng, and were ordered by Xie An to be placed in the northwest corner of the Bingcheng.

At the same time, Xie An's premonition also came true, and on the day that Qi Zhi and Xu Le led the crowd to arrive at the Zhou army's base camp, a vicious weapon fight broke out in the camp.

At first, several Taiping soldiers and several Liang sergeants had a quarrel over some trivial matters, and then the quarrel rose to praise and scold the battle of the decisive valley a while ago, and finally even evolved into a weapon fight between more than 400 Taiping troops and more than 300 Liang soldiers.

Fortunately, Liang Cheng, the commander of the Great Liang Army, noticed it early and hurriedly led the inspector guards in charge of military discipline in the camp to arrive, otherwise, there would definitely be more than dozens of casualties.

The next day, that is, on the first day of November, several more Taiping soldiers and Daliang soldiers clashed because they felt that the other party's eyes were looking at them with deep malice, and the clash rose to hundreds of people in just half a column of incense, 13 Daliang soldiers were killed, 19 Taiping soldiers were killed, and more than 300 people were injured.

Two days later, on November 3, the Taiping sergeants and the Daliang sergeants clashed again because of the difference in rations, and dozens of people died in the chaos.

In just four days, three conflicts. And all three times evolved into medium-scale weapon fights, and each of these malicious conflicts was repeatedly complained to Xie An, who was the commander-in-chief, by the generals of the Great Liang Army.

It was only at this time that Qin Ke'er realized what was going on in the worst situation that Xie An had said before.

"Your Excellency. Don't leave that thief army in our camp any longer! ”

During the period of jointly complaining to Xie An, Dian Ying, the general of the Great Liang Army, recounted with indignation all kinds of wrongs of the Taiping Army's surrender, and looking at his expression, it seemed that he wanted to kill the defeated army that had escaped in the Battle of Decisive Valley a few days ago.

"What Dian Ying said is extremely true!" After receiving Dian Ying's words, E Yi, the general of the Great Liang Army, said in a deep voice, "In just three days, the thief army has clashed with our army three times, and each time it has evolved into a weapon fight...... The soldiers of our Great Liang Army did not die heroically on the battlefield against the rebel army, but they were killed by the thieves who pretended to surrender......"

glanced at the chattering Eyi. Xie An pinched the bridge of his nose a little tiredly, and said in a deep voice, "The gun went off, as early as this mansion expected, both sides restrained themselves...... As far as this government knows, these things can't be blamed entirely on those Taiping soldiers, right? Why did they all clash with the Great Liang Army three times? And Jizhou soldiers, but not once? ”

"Your Excellency?" E Yi looked at Xie An in astonishment, and said with a look of disbelief, "Why do you want to speak for those thieves?" ”

"It's not about talking to anyone. It's just a matter of facts! ――Liang Cheng, did the government tell you before? After the Taiping army entered the camp. The treatment is the same as that of the soldiers of our three armies...... Why did you want to withhold the rations of the 4,000 Taiping troops? ”

Liang Cheng lowered his head when he heard this, clenched his fists and said, "The last general just thinks that those four thousand Taiping soldiers are dispensable to our army...... Most adults don't need that army, do they? In that case, why don't you save some food......"

Xie An shook his head when he heard this.

In fact, Liang Cheng is not wrong. Even if Qi Zhi and Xu Le surrendered to Zhou Jun, would Xie An be relieved to use this force? No!

Joke! God knows if this army will defect and throw itself on the side of Li Shen, the king of Qin? You must know that Li Shen, the king of Qin, has been in contact with Qi Zhi and Xu Le.

Therefore, Xie An will choose. It is still the Jizhou army and the Liang army, as for the 4,000 Taiping army, for Xie An and the Zhou army, it is even more chicken ribs than chicken ribs, and the food is tasteless and abandoned...... You can't throw it away!

With the relationship between Liu Qing and the Taiping Army, Xie An has to give Liu Qing a little face no matter what he says.

Yes, he did order to directly kill the 4,000 Taiping soldiers, and completely wiped them out, but in this way, both the reputation of the Zhou army and his Xie An's reputation will plummet, and no one will dare to surrender in the future, and the most important point is, what will Liu Qing think?

Although she kept saying that she had broken off with the Taiping Army, it can be seen from her intention to say that she was going to surrender Qi Zhi and Xu Le that day, and she still has a certain kind of parting feelings for the Taiping Army.

As the saying goes, a woman's heart is a needle, although Liu Qing is young, she is also a woman after all. She will hold a grudge against that woman because Liang Qiuhao, who is secretly in love, still misses her biological mother Liu Qian before she dies, and resolutely plans to destroy the entire Taiping Army; will also be because Wu Heng did not save her and Liang Qiuhao when they saw death, and hated Wu Heng, and did not hesitate to sell his wisdom and even his hue to please Xie An, and use the power of Zhou Jun to defeat Wu Heng; Similarly, it is also possible to cherish the old feelings, and after the Zhou army eliminated Qi Zhi and Xu Le and their group after surrendering, they gritted their teeth hatefully against Xie An and the Zhou army, and secretly helped Li Shen, the king of Qin, to defeat the Zhou army.

Xie An didn't want to take this risk, after all, he had already verified it from the two women, the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing, and it would be terrible to be a woman whose wisdom could be called a demon once she became crazy.

In a word, the reason why Xie An took a huge risk to leave Qi Zhi and Xu Le's Taiping army in the camp was definitely not to trust the two of them, in fact, he didn't trust them at all, otherwise, how could he place Qi Zhi and the others in the northwest corner of the camp?

In the increasingly consolidated ice city, the four corners of the city are dead ends, once the battle really starts, Qi Zhi and Xu Le don't want to get out of this Zhou army camp alive, even if there is a single soldier.

Moreover, in the past few days, Xie An secretly ordered Tang Hao and Liang Cheng to pay close attention to the every move of the 4,000 Taiping army day and night, and as long as this group of Taiping troops had any signs of rebellion, they would be exterminated immediately.

To be honest, Xie An even hoped that Qi Zhi and Xu Le would have any thoughts of deceitful rebellion, because in this way, he would be able to eliminate this hidden danger without angering Liu Qing. Even Liu Qing couldn't find any thorns afterwards.

But it's a pity that Qi Zhi and Xu Le have been quite peaceful since they entered the camp, as for those few times of fighting......

Xie An could only regretfully say that from an objective point of view, he really couldn't blame the Taiping Army, because the soldiers of the Great Liang Army took the initiative to provoke each other. After all, it was not only the Taiping Army who hated the Zhou Army deeply. The Great Liang Army also hated the Taiping Army. Although this matter is understandable, Xie An is really a little difficult to deal with it.

"Okay, okay, the government knows it, you and both sides are more restrained! - Liang Cheng, restrain the officers and men of the Great Liang Army under his command, and no longer take the initiative to provoke the 4,000 Taiping soldiers! ”

"Yes!"

"Also, the distribution of rations is in accordance with the regulations of the Jizhou Army and the Daliang Army. No deductions! ”

“…… Be! ”

"Stand down!" Xie An waved his hand tiredly, but when Liang Cheng and the others were about to walk out of the Shuai Office, he raised his hand and shouted to Liang Cheng, and said in a deep voice, "When I passed by the residence of the Acting Military Division, I told the Acting Military Division, saying that the Mansion had something to tell her in detail, and asked her to come to the Commander Office quickly!" ”

Apparently. Xie An couldn't help but talk to Liu Qing, after all, there were three fights in the camp in four days. This was a big blow to the morale and stability of the Zhou army.

"Yes, the last general obeys!"

Clenched his fists, Liang Cheng respectfully retreated, and about half an hour later, Liu Qing, the acting military division of the Zhou army, came to Xie An's handsome place under the escort of Cheng Yang, the general of the Great Liang Army.

At the same time as asking Liu Qing to sit down. He also asked Cheng Yang to guard outside the house, and Xie An waved his hand and asked Qin Ke'er to pour a cup of hot tea for Liu Qing.

Taking the hot tea handed by Qin Ke'er, Liu Qing nodded at her as a thank you, then looked up at Xie An, and said with a smile. "I thought you wouldn't come to me?"

"What?" Xie An's face showed a little puzzlement, and then said in a deep voice, "Do you know how many turmoil have occurred in my military camp in the past few days? ”

Liu Qing smiled faintly when she heard this, and said with a slight sneer, "No matter how turbulent it is, isn't what Xie Shangshu should be enjoying still falling?" As she spoke, she glanced at the bewitching Qin Ke'er intentionally or unintentionally, and the little meaning in her eyes made Qin Ke'er's face slightly red.

"Ahem! - Don't change the subject! Xie An coughed and said righteously, "This mansion is asking you about business right now!" ”

"Get down to business," muttered, the corners ......of Xie An's mouth raised a little smile, and he said lightly, "Let Zhou Junjun be unstable and have contradictions, isn't this the purpose of Li Shen, the king of Qin?" - Xie Shangshu had expected it a few days earlier, so why make a fuss about it today? ”

Xie An was dumbfounded when he heard this, after all, as Liu Qing said, as early as Liang Cheng said that Qi Zhi and Xu Le's Taiping army was still in the vicinity of Nanling, he had already guessed that it was the conspiracy of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and then Liu Qing's attitude of planning to surrender Qi Zhi and others made Xie An convinced his guess.

Qin King Li Shen threw out Qi Zhi and Xu Le, the defeated soldiers of the Taiping Army, just to make the Zhou army chaotic, although this trick is ruthless but not fatal, it is not impossible to crack it, the problem lies in Liu Qing, in what she thinks of this matter.

Glancing at Liu Qing deeply, Xie An took a breath and said in a slow tone, "It's been three days, and if you lock yourself in the house, you're not afraid of suffocating to death?" ”

Liu Qing glanced at Xie An in surprise, bit her lip lightly, and said lightly, "I know you didn't look for me either!" - I am just a prisoner of your Zhou army, although I have the name of acting military division, but there are more than 200 soldiers who follow closely in and out, and they will not leave an inch...... Without Xie Shangshu's summons, how dare you casually ask to see him? It's not good to disturb Xie Shangshu's good deeds, right? ”

Listening to the secretly sarcastic words, Xie An rolled his eyes and asked patiently, "What are you thinking about after being stuffed in the room for three days?" Are you thinking about the rest of the war? ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Qing was silent when she heard this, and after a full half-ring, she asked in a low voice, "It's a dilemma......

"A dilemma? ――How hard is it? Xie An asked with a chuckle.

"......" Liu Qing opened her mouth, stopped talking, and after a long time, she let out a long sigh and muttered, "It's very difficult!" ――I'm afraid that the result of my choice is not what I want......"

Xie An was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said to himself, "There are a lot of such things, I remember that not long after I first arrived in Jijing, I encountered a dilemma...... Like you said, it's very hard! ”

I? Isn't it this house?

Liu Qing glanced at Xie An in surprise, and asked seemingly easily, "Tell me about it?" ”

"Alas!" With a long sigh, Xie An put on an unbearable look on his past, shook his head and said, "When I first arrived in Jijing, a majestic and fierce woman threatened me, either I would join her house or let me die......"

"Poof!" Liu Qing couldn't help laughing, covered her mouth and chuckled, "It seems that you're talking about Sister Wu!" - I have to remember this and report it to Sister Mai in the future! ”

"Hey, hey! Isn't that a matter of choice? ”

"Good, good...... I can't see it, Xie Shangshu is quite handy for this kind of thing! ――Can you teach me some lessons? ”

"Of course!" Nodding, Xie An put down the teacup, took out a copper coin from his cuff, threw it away, patted it on the back of his hand, looked at Liu Qing and said with a chuckle, "Whenever you hesitate, just throw the copper coin, and decide the final choice with the front and back of the copper coin......"

"That's it?" Liu Qing shook her head with disdain, and said sarcastically, "I'm still looking forward to it for a long time, but the result is purely a disaster...... It's about God's will, isn't it? ”

"No!" Looking at Liu Qing deeply, Xie An said with a straight face, "In fact, the moment you say the positive and negative, you have already made a decision in your heart; And if you're going to throw it away again, you've put aside your last hesitation and made the final choice! As he spoke, he glanced at the back of his hand and asked with a smile, "Positive or negative?" ”

"......" Liu Qing was moved and looked at Xie An in dismay.

This guy ......

Scold! is worthy of the man that the eldest grandson Xiangyu fancy......

If this guy can get rid of the vice of greedy for beauty, maybe it will be more pleasing to the eye......

With a faint smile, Liu Qing took a deep breath, and a trace of fierceness flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"No, as you said, I've made a choice! - Qi Zhi and Xu Le's affairs, you don't want to interfere, if you want to break Li Shen, it's all up to the two of them......" (To be continued......)